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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-07

HOMGOPATITY.-Th Saturday kev ise,w
November ~ 1881 saws that over lo0Oo GINS,
are killed every year. IN England by sootls, ss hea
and similar compounia Children osnnpt sana .Aeeo,siS
and ignorant drueging OF secret preparations HomsvP
Is pre- emnsntv surcessul In their ailments As ~ most
those OF Grown persona Books for tho aity OF
celebrated physicians incidence etc. e. our vsps
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-07
Patented PlASTERS.

The original and only genuine patented pSOI "a
plastsr remain, the 'siav II as when "A
tsIS HFNSON'S PLASTER Is the only imPfOy enent 80
the only strictly medicinal plaster on the market " IN
OF progressive phsrhs'y anu Is '' W
he agri which we live
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-15
The FORMATION OF North America.

The opinion is expressed by an emf
nent American scientist, in recent lee
ture, that the North American conti-
nent had the beginning Of its formation
in islands of matter rising out Of theim-
mense ocean, which grew until they fl
nally touched each other. Many of these
islands were volcanoes that threw up
matter tha had formed below the sur
face of the vater, and were larger below
the water than above Il. The Hawaiian
islands have had many volcanoes, and
were much formed by them. The whole
area above the sea is no more than that
of the state Of Massachusetts, but their
combined bases must be equal to the
whole Of New England and New York.
Thus the original islands Of this conti-
nent could easily have been made to en-
large and JOIN each other, and the gran
lite rock is so abundant was once erupted
from volcanoes, like flowing lava.
Among the first volcanic islands must
have been Greenland, Canada, east Of
Winnipeg, the Atlantic district, the
Rocky mountains and the Sierra Neva-
das; but az the islands rose and enlarged
great depressions would naturally COM
mence and go on, and In this way the
depressions Of Hudson's bay, the Missis-
sippi valley, and the Salt Lake and Ne
vada basins were formed. These de-
pressions would I'LL with massive
sediments, which would eventually be
come rocks, and the dspressions would
have q saucer or PLATTER Shape. Chicago
Herald
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-15
A QUEER KIND OF REFORM.

Talk about reform in the depart
ments,n said an Interior Department
clerk the other day, the reform
carried Oh by this administration is
enough to make one tired. For in
stance, large number of the chiefs
of division appointed by Cleveland
are men from the interior of states,
from small places, who have never
had the experience of business
man. They were politicians, who
never wrote business letter and
who cannot do it. You see a great
to do in Democratic papers about
the generosity of the administration
in retaining in places men who have
been Chiefs of divisions for years,
and are reduced to clerkships rather
than throw them out upon the world.
This is claimed to be done to repay
then, for past services. Some of the
old chiefs have consented to re-
duction. The reform really consists
in making new place for these old
clerks, or sort of private secretaries
to the unworthy new appointees."
" What do they do? . Why, they
do the entire work at 81. 800 per year,
while the chief draws 80, 800 to SO, 900
and does nothing. Why, my dear
sir, l have seen these new chiefs so
incompetent that they were actually
unable to check off their correspon-
dence The old chief sits opposite
the new reform chief and checks off
bis mail. Yes, writes the initials of
the new man, because the political
reform chief is unable to do it right
~. Even after months of coaching,
there are chiefs now in various de-
partments unable to transact or su-
perintend the business of their di-
visions, and the old chief, as an
$500 clerk, does it ALL
Men are appointed now TO repay
some political debt. For instance,
Senator Voorhees, demanded and
secured the appointment of two
chiefs simply because they had voted
for him for Senator twice while in
the Indiana legislature. He is not
the ouly senator who has palmed off
such men,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-15

Uncle Jake Ziegler, of the Butler
(Pa.) Herald, has not drunk intoxi-
eating liquor for quarter of a cen.
fury. He derives his nick name of
uncle from an incident at funeral,
when the bereaved mother asked him
if he was ever a father. He replied /:
" Never, madame; but / expect to
he an uncle before another sun rises.r
He is so popular at home that dur.
ing the war pious old farmer, who
daily prayed for the preservation of
the Union, and also, that the Lord
would especially visit His displeas-
ure upon the Democrats and bring
confusion upon them, expressed his
wishes thus: " All of them, Lord,
except Uncle Jake Ziegler, for every
body knows he is all right
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-15

There have been a great many changes
in the manufacture of tobacco since
began the business, forty-two years ago.
In making plug tobacco then hand power
presses were used in place OF the
hydraulic machines now in use. II took
six men to work a screw press and near
~ twice as much work as they accom-
plishcd altogether Is done now by .
single man running the hydraulic press.
Where expert handicraftsmen were for
merly necessary boys and girls are now
employed; no special skill is required, the
only thing needed being attention. Now
adays the process through which the leaf
passes before making its appearance as
plug tobacco is very different from that
of the olden time. To-day the leaf IL
first stemmed and run through gum roll
lers Of immense size, then laid on a rack
and put into dry houses, after which il
is steamed, favored and bnlked. After
remaining in huge masses for twenty
four hours it is passed through the mold
ing machines and made into plugs.
The old fashioned way was to dampen
taAt ANdA IA1t 90 II t@AAAAt@ AAQAAA lilo AlSA5
head; it was then stemmed and formed
into plugs all by hand. There was little
or no fiavoring, the natural taste Of the
tobacco being preferred. The introdnc-
ton of foreign substances began about
twenty-five years ago, and has since be-
come general, 50 that now all plug and
fine cut tobacco is more or less adulter-
ated. The hurley leaf, named, / believe,
after one of the pioneer growers, is now
about the only kind If tobacco raised.
1t is larger leaf, more spongy and has
not as much nicotine as the older and
now forgotten varieties, such as the
Yellow Prior, /" Little Frederick and
the ''Orinico." The greater part Of the
hurley is raised in Missouri, Kentucky
and Ohio. The use of tobacco has in
creased at wonderful rate in recent
years, and believe is now better than
ever before. At present the market is
suffering from overproduction, and as
a consequence the prices are lower than
they have been since the war / was
the first tobacco manufacturer in ESt.
Louis. but since the fire in September
have decided to retire to private life.--
Henry Dausnlan in Globe-Democrat.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-15
Products of the Congo.

THE products of the Congo, said Mr..
Stanley, ARE very numerous. OF course
there is ivory, and it would be impossi-
bic for me to even imagine how many
herds of elephants there are. Let us
suppose a railway to Stanley Pool am
quite sure they would get $50 tons of
ivory from the upper Congo alone. That
means CT 600 per ton in value, or $780,
600. OF course that would not pay for
building the railroad, but 1t would as
sist. The staple products of the country
are rubber, gum copal, camwood, the
orchilla weed, coffee, palm oil, palm
nuts, peanuts and fibres like jute which
can be used for paper. There has never
been single botanist on the upper Congo
to tell what the botanic treasures are.
Let me say that we dom want colonists.
We want the trader, who goes between
the black man and the commercial man
in Europe; men that go with their cloth
goods among the negroes and barter
them for native products. The Dutch
house which settled at the north of the
Congo paid II per cent dividend. To-
day they pay nothing at all. That, how
ever, does not indicate declining trade.
It proves that these people instead Of
combining to build railway competed
for trade that was already well estab-
lished. It was fierce competition. New
York Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-15
NO. 10.
THE HARMONY or coLoRs.

Selections In Fitting Up Apartments
Dressing. Etc.-Hints to Merchants.
BY harmony of colors we understand
colors placed side by side in such q man
ner that they do not injure the effect OF
each other; rather, on the contrary,
complete each other, i. e., they gain in
intensity.
Those who are familiar with the har-
mony of colors can, by using objects of
familiar use, make such selections in fit
ting up apartments, in dressing, ETC., 50
that with the greatest simplicity they ara
able to produce more favorable effect
than is possible with the most extrava-
giant expenditure without sense Of har-
mony in color.
A merchant, dealing in colored goods,
can very greatly improve the appearance
OF his stock by knowing how to group
them in such way as to produce har-
1nonious effect. Very often, owing to
lack of taste with reference to colors
among dealers, it viii be found that the
silks in one shop viii appear much
fresher and brighter than in another.
This difference in eifectto colors is, how
ever, nothing more or less than one mer-
chant arranges his goods SO that the col
ors are in harmony, while the other does
not follow any definite plan. In the
first instance the goods gain, while in the
second they lose in intensity Of color.
The attention of the ladies is particu-
larly called to the importance of har-
mony in colors, for the most of them in
the selection of their colored dresses,
bonnets, and trimmings, produce the
greatest discord in the composition of the
colors. Harmony in color does not de-
pend on the will or caprice or personal
taste of an individual, but it is based on
the Interchangeable laws of nature, which
we shall Immediately discuss.
Red and Green-A red body reflects
green rays, while on the other hand, a
green body reflects red rays. Therefore
green is the color which completes red,
and similarly red is the color which COM
pletes green. Both colors, therefore,
gain in intensity.
Blue and Orange-A blue body often
reflects orange rays, and inversely
an orange body will frequently re-
fleet the blue rays Orangei is, therefore,
the Complementary color of blue, and
vice versa, therefore each color intensi-
fies the other.
Violet and Greenish Yellow-A violet
body reflects greenish yellow, and in
versely greenish yellow body reflects
violet. Both colors, therefore, complete
each other, and intensity each other.
Indigo and Yellow-Indigo reflects
yellow, and yellow indigo rays. hence
they are Complementary and intensity
each other.
1t would carry us too far to describe
all the other colors which are compile
mentary. -Lithographer and Printer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-15
Famous Composers at Musicale.


Madame Marchesi gave, few even
ings ago, soiree musicale, which was
one of the most crowded and brilliant OF
the season. Liszt, and Rubenstein, and
Saint-Saens, the composer of Henry
WILL" were among the guests. / must
confess that I could not discern in the
Able Liszt that fat and very big old man
in straight, tight-fitting cassock, with
large feet and face embellished with
two enormous warts, any trace Of the
lady killer of the last quarter Of cen
fury. His long, thick white hair, reach
ing to his shoulders and carefully brushed
and arranged, was really the only at
tractive point about his appearance. Yet
this man has inspired ladies Of high de-
gree with such devoted yet humble at
tachment that they refused to sit down
in his presence. He looked like a very
large old French peasant cure astray in a
fashionable drawing-room.
Rubenstein, with his short, fiat nose
and tempest of wild hair" keeps his
aspect as of a savage Beethove;' ~
which he became familiar, several n H.
ago, to the music-lovers of the United
States. Saint-Saens is a modest looking
gentleman, with dark eyes and hair, and
a fine intellectual brow. He interested me
most Of the three; first, because greatly
admire his works; and, secondly, he did
not pose as a celebrity, as did the two
other famous guests of the evening"
Lucy Hooper in Philadelphia Telegraph.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-15
SHALL WE MEET AGAIN I

The following is one of the most
brilliant paragraphs ever written by
the lamented George ID. Prentice
g The fat of death is inexorable.
There is no appeal for relief from
the great law which dooms us to
dust. We flourish and fade as the
leaves of the forest, and tho flowers
that bloom, wither and fade in a
day have no frazier hold upon life
than the mightiest monarch that
ever shook the earth with bis foot
steps. Generations of men will
appear and disappear as the grass,
aud the multitude that throng the
world today will disappear as foot
steps on the shore. Men seldom
think of the great event of death
until the shadow falls across their
own pathway, hiding from their
eyes the faces of loved ones whose
living smile was the sunlight of
their existence. Death is the
antagonist Of life, and the thought
of the tomb is the skeleton of all
feasts. We do not want to go
through the dark valley, although
the dark passage may lead to para
disc; we do not want to go down
into damp graves even with princes
for bed-fellows. In the beautiful
drama of Ion the hope of immor-
tality, SO eloquently uttered by the
death, devoted Greek, finds deep
response in every thoughtful soul.
When about to Yield his life a
sacrifice to fate, his Clemanthe asks
if they should meet again, to which
he responds: | have asked that
dreadful question of the hills that
look eternal-of the clear streams
that flow forever-of stars among
whose fields Of azure my raised
spirits have walked in glory. All
are dumb. But, as l gaze upon thy
living face, 1 fell that there is some
thing in love chat mantles through
its beauty that cannot wholly perish.
We shall meet again, Clemanthe.n
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-15
HASTE TO BE RICH.

Too many of our young men are
looking for some short and easy
road to wealth. They wish to reach
the goal without running the race I;
to grasp the prize without going
through long and patient training.
This is great mistake, and as
mischievous as it is great. 1t is a
mistake, for the cases are very few
very few indeed-in which men
grow rich rapidly and also honestly.
Young men must not suffer them
selves to be deluded by these few
cases; they must look upon them as
the exceptions to the rule. They
must make up their minds that sue
cess in anything follows long and
patient toll, and that success IN
gaining riches comes from hard
work, honest dealing, steadlness,
prudence and economy. The wise
man of Israel long centuries ago saw
and wrote that "the hand of the
diligent maketh rich, ;" aud all ex-
perience confirms his words. The
young man who is possessed of the
desire and expectation of rapidly
securing wealth is 10 great danger.
He is laying himself open to tempta-
tiOn-indeed, inviting temptation
to overseeing, to untruth, to un-
fairness, to dishonesty, to crime.
1t is an effort to steal "A march on
the laws OF God, and to do in day
what He has ordained shall be done
in lifetime, if done at all. Society
is constantly shocked by the crimes
OF men from whom better things
were expected, who have fallen be-
fore temptation in their eagerness
after wealth. Society is strewn with
the wrecks of those who have been
lost by their haste to be rich.-Er.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-15
POETRY.
A NEST In A POCKET.

A little bird went to and fro,
Once in the nesting season.
And sought for shelter high and low,
Until, for some queer reason,
She flew into granary
Where, on nail suspended,
The farmer coat she CHANGED to see,
And there her search was ended.
The graDary was in q loft,
Where not creature met her
The coat had hollows deep and soft
Could anything be better ?
And where it hung, how safe it was,
Without breeze to rock it
Come, little busy beak and claws,
Build quick inside the pocket
Three speckled eggs soon warmly lay
Beneath the happy sitter;
Three little birds-oh, Joy lone day
Began to chirp and twitter,
Until-ah, can you guess the tale p
The farmer came one morning,
And took his coat down from the nail
Without word of warning
Poor little frightened mothering?
Up from her nest she huttered,
And strightway every gaping thing
It's mouthed terror uttered.
The good man started back aghast
But merry was his wonder
When in the pocket he at last
Found such unlocked for plumber.
He put the coat back carefully
guess have another :
So don It you be afraid of me.
You bright-eyed little mother.
know just how you feel, poor thing,
For | have youngsters, bless you!
There-stop your foolish fluttering-
Nobody shall distress you
Then merrily he ran away
To tell his wife about it,
How in his coat the nestlings lay,
And he. must do without it.
She laughed, and said she thought h
could
And so, all unmolested,
The mother-birdie and her brood
Safe in the pocket rested,
Till all the little wings were set
In proper flying feather,
And then there was nest to let
For off they fiocked together.
The farmer keeps it still to show,
And says that he's the debtor
His coat is none the worse, you know.
While he's little better.
from the poem by Mary BrdRdleg, .
the Christmas st. Nicholas.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-15
A GREAT DISCOVERY !
HoLDSTEIN'S AROMANNA !

The only sure cure for Dyspepsia, and
all Kidney, Liver, Blood, and Skin Dis
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but to cure the worst cases of Dyspepsia,
and is panacea for all diseases arising
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ness, Sick Headache, Distress after eat
ing, weakness of Kidney or Bladders,
call at A. M. GILBERT'S
Drug store and get bottle. Price 20
and 70. Also, all kinds of Drugs, Pat
ent Medicines, and Toilet and Fancy ar
ticles, and everything kept in first
class drug store. jan6S
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-15
RnekIen,s Arniea Salxa

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
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Corns. and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
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1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton, or money refunded. Price 25c per
box. For sale by E. G. Williams & Bro
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-15

ITCH, PRAIRIE NANCE, AND
SCRATCHES Of every kind cured in 80
Minutes by W0OLF'ORD,S SANITARY
LOTION. Use no other. This never
fails. Sold by JOHN LEE FOUT, Drug
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-15

The Parkersburg city election
this week went Republican, electing
O. NJ. Clemens Mayor BY 80 ma.
iority.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-15

Utd Hntu~in-tu0-NnGos
Old Rain-in-the-Face, who claims 10
have killed Gen. Custer. has been seized
with desire 30 gain q liberal education.
which Is quite unusual for man Of his
time Of life and previous occupation, and
has written 10 the commissioner Of
Indian affairs asking 70 b. sent % the
Indian school Al Hampton, Va. Some
Of the young bucks u his tribe have
been TO the school. and Rain-in-the.
Face has evidently been tempted BY their
stories Of the pleasures Of civilization
He IL one Of the ablest Indians in tn.
country and one Of the handsOmess,
while his record AZ a warrior Is long AMI
bloody. He got his name from birth
mark that is conspicuous on his cheek
and looks as II a few drops Of blood had
fallen there. When he is angry the
blotches stand out with great promi-
hence but are always apparent a. far a.
one can see his eyes. Washington Capt.
fai
smoking and Heart Disease.
DR.. Frautzel, Of Berlin. in a report on
immoderate smoking and its effects
upon the heart. notes that the smokers
Of choice Havana cigars are generally
the worst sufferers; IN fact they who
smoke cigars Of ordinary quality,
though very largely, are rarely attacked
New York Graphic.
Siberia as Penas colony.
Statistics just published by tine Russian
government give some interesting facts
about Siberia az a penal colony. The
number of convicts and political exiles
sent to Siberia from 1854 TO 1884 num-
bered nearly 1000 600, men and
women. Fifty thousand were sent be-
tween 1868 and 1878, while the number
rent out during the present reign reaches
I46, $3.50. The number OF escapes during
the past twenty years has amounted to
"a per cent. Women form one fifth Of
the total number Of exiles. As most Of
them are over 40 years of age very few
marry, and to make matters worse mar
riage is prohibited for the first five years
Of exile. Two thirds Of the crimes com
mitted in Sibria are committed by the
exiles, and because Of this, Of their mis-
cry and Of the numerous escapes the
Russian government is seriously con-
sidering the advisabilitly Of abolishing
the present system Of Siberian deporta-
tion.--Defroit Free Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-15

Fire damaged the building and
stock of the Wheeling Hinge
Factory $4,000, Sunday.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-15
WILL YOU NOTE THESE
IMPOR Ant FACTS
|. Tie WEEKLY REGISTER and
the MISUNDERSTANDING HERALD

uW be clubbed at $2.75 CASH per
year. Postage Paid.
=. The WHEELING WEEKLY REG
ISTER 1lOlc ranks acith the largest pa
perS IN the United States. For q quarter
Of a century the Register has bdttled for
the success Of progressive. Independent and
honest Democracy. The battle aeon,
bHt the Register shall keep right along fight
ing for the right and prospecting as the
people prosper.
). It's corps of correspondents cOcers erery
county IN the State.
4. 1t has q special reporter at Charleston,
and dtt the 9aelcS occurring at the State
Capital acM be promptly reported an fall By
telegraph and letter.
>. The WEEKLY REGISTER and Geo
graphical and Political Nap Of W. Va.
,rW be sent one gear for $1.25.
u. The WEEKLY REGISTER and Atlas
Of the World lcW be sent one year for
Sl.5O. Specimen Copies Of the Register
sent free on application.
Z. ing one sending Fire Dollars ,cM re-
.ceire the Registers Perfect Map of W.
a, Free, and fire copies Of the Weekly
Register for one year, sent to any address.
i ciUb of ten and an extra copy, to getter
mp Of club for ten dollars.
.. The liUe stock, acoOl, produce and grain
markets lcM continue fiW and reliable.
address,
WEST VA. PRINTING CO.,
wheeling, w. Va.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-15
Miscellaneous.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE!

MARTINsBURG, w. Va, Dec. 10, 1886.
The accounts of Joseph G. Kitchen,
administrator of Henry G. Kitchen, de-
ceased, are before the undersigned for
settlement, and any person having debts
or demands against the estate of Henry
C. Kitchen, decd, are requested to pre-
sent proof of same at my Office in the city
of Martinsburg, on or before the Goth day
of January, 1887. Given under my hand
as Commissioner of Accounts, the day
and year first aforesaid.
dec11-6t J. T. PICKING, Com'r.